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Is there any way to reclaim the resources in a "used up" battery to reintroduce them to the production chain?

• Dylan16807 9y ago
  You absolutely can, but it's currently not cost-effective. On the other hand it looks like it's cheap enough that making it mandatory or putting a recycling deposit on batteries would be viable.
  • toomuchtodo 9y ago
    Are battery recycling programs near you not feasible? Our local Home Depot and Best Buy stores will take back rechargeable batteries for recycling for free.
    • Dylan16807 9y ago
      Do they recycle all of a lithium ion battery?
      • ToFundorNot 9y ago
        Very little of the physical (the lithium). However all of the precious materials (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_recycling#Lithium_ion_batteries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_recycling#Lithium_ion_...). It's not worth it to extract the lithium, monetarily speaking.